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8 Female Israeli Soldiers Who Shattered Barriers in 2013 • IDF Blog …
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Women have proudly served in the IDF since the very beginning. Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben Gurion, wrote an impassioned letter to religious communities outlining the necessity of women serving and protecting …

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How American soldiers proved a festive hit with British families in WWII
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With British soldiers away in Europe, in 1942 war-hit families were issued with an urgent plea to invite American GIs to share their Christmas celebrations.

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Israeli troops shoot two Lebanese soldiers at border
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PanARMENIAN.Net – Israel's army says its troops have shot two Lebanese soldiers, hours after a Lebanese army sniper killed an Israeli soldier, the Guardian reports. Army spokeswoman Lt Libby Weiss says the shooting took place in the early hours of …

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Israeli army shoots 2 Lebanese soldiers on border
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The shootings raised the possibility of renewed fighting in the area, which has remained mostly quiet since a month-long war in the summer of 2006, though an Israeli defense official said Israel had no interest in further escalation. The Israeli …

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Israeli army paying above-market rent for lone soldiers
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The Israel Defense Forces pays the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers far more than market rates to cover lone soldiers' rent, Haaretz has learned. But the association says this is because it also covers many of the soldiers' ancillary …

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British soldiers to face 11 more 'trials' into the deaths of Iraqi civilians following a 'human rights' ruling by the High Court
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The Ministry of Defence has ordered that inquest-style hearings are held into the deaths of 11 Iraqi civilians who were killed while British troops operated in the country after the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003.

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Mable's War: Diaries of World War One nurse reveal lives of horrifically injured soldiers as she treated them back home
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Nurse Mabel Earp, pictured with husband George Leach, who nursed wounded soldiers sent home to Cheshire, kept notebooks and sketchbooks that offer a fascinating insight into the Great War.

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Israeli soldiers trade combat gear for curling irons
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Both men grew up in Israel, both moved to Tennessee and both have a talent for working with hair. That talent eventually lead them to the Tennessee School of Beauty. When growing up in Israel, Michael and Tzion never imagined they would be working in a …

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'Lack of a war' blamed for Army recruitment failure: Outrage over comments made by chief of company responsible for employing new soldiers
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Paul Pinder (pictured), the chief executive of Capita which has a £400m Ministry of Defence contract to recruit full and part-time soldiers, made the remark as he was grilled by MPs on his failure to hit targets.

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Typhoon Haiyan: 150 Israeli soldiers, 100 tons of Israeli aid en route …
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF), one of the world's most powerful militaries — equally strong in medical/trauma relief — just loaded about 150 soldiers and 100 tons of aid onto a 6,000-mile El Al Airlines flight to Manila.

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